Improved apparatus for crutching soap



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(l. M. LESLIE, 0l" NEWBURG, ASSIGNOI TO IIIMSICLF ANI) JESSE OAKLEY,

OF NFV YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVED APPARATUS Foa CRUTCHING SOAP.

Spcciiicution forming pari ot' Letters Patent No. Al1l,lvl.., dated September (i, ISG/l.

l To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, G. M. LESLIE, of Newburg, in the 'county ot' Orange and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Apparatus for Grutching Soap; and I do hereby declare that the following is a t'ull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents al vertical central section of my invention. Fi". 2 is a sectional plan or top view of the same.

Siinilar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object 'ot' this invention is to eti'ect the operation ot' crutching` soap automatically by the action of va certain mechanism driven b steam or other competent power and made to carry the crutches through the kettle in every direction. The mechanism which I employ to eti'ect this purpose will be readily understood by referring to the accompanying drawings and description, though it must be remarked that I do not wish to confine myself to the precise arrangement of parts as shown, but reserve the right to change the same as circumstances may dictate.

A represents a orutchingkettlennadc ofcastiron or any other suitable material, and provided with a steam-jacket, B, in the ordinary manner. The kettle receives a rotary motion by a toothed rim, C, which gears into a cogwheel, l), on a vertical shaft, D', said shatt being rotated by steam or other competent power.

"The operation of crntching the soap is performed by a series ot' (two or more) crutches, ll, which are secured to handles F and suspended from cranks G. These cranks are arranged in a horizontal shaft, G', which extends across the center ot' the kettle A, and to which a rotary motion is imparted by suitable b cvelgea.r, Git, from the vertical drivl in g-shaftvD Said cranks are turned at rightangles to each other, so that one crutch rises clearly shown in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings. The handles F of the crutches are pivoted at about the middle of their length to rods H, which extend to cranks I on the shaft l'. This shaft has its bearings in suitable boxes on the side of the kettle, and motion is imparted to it by a belt, J, from the upright driving-shaft D', or in any other suitable manner. The cranks I I are situated at right angles to each other, and by the combined action of the crankshat'ts G and l' a double motion is imp-artt d to the crutches-viz., a rising and falling motion by the action of the cranks G and, simultaneously, a transverse motion by the cranks I. By this compound motion the crutches are carried through the entire mass of soap in the kettle, and every particle-*contained therein is reached and acted upon by one or more of the crutches. The operation of crutching soap can thus be performed in the most simple and effective way. No hand labor is required, and a much larger quantity ot' soap can be crutched simultaneously than by the ordinary method where the operation is performed by hand.

Itis obvious tha-t different mechanical means from those described and shown might be employed to impart motion to the crutches, and I do not wish to confine myself, therefore, to the precise mechanism represented in the drawings. Y

I claimV as new ters Iatent- The employment ot' rising and falling oscillating crutches E, opera-ted by steam or other competent power, in the interior ofthe crutching-kcttle A, substantially in the manner and for the purpose shown and described.

(l. M. LESLIE.

W itnesses Cults. S. OAKLEY, IlnNuv MLLER.

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